Parenting is a role that requires us to learn to be flexible in our thinking and creative in our actions. Wanting to be right all the time implies that we are rigid and reactive and probably fearful. This can be a typical stress response when we are under pressure, but you have to admit, not a very productive one.

How do you know when you are "stuck?" Remember the old saying, "Insanity is repeating the same action over and over again… Continue

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Wow I am not sure where to start...just finding it overwhelming on how to best help him succeed, lots of tears about going to school, the school has done a few things that I am not happy with in order to deal with his behavior. Thanks Elizabeth